Comments on: Food TV – Poh’s Kitchen

By: Mamajo

Mamajo — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:22:18 +0000

Oh yes, I’d love a show with Poh and Alvin too, with Adam as an occasional guest chef. What a great idea!!

By: Injera

Injera — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:21:41 +0000

Great idea, leaving a suggestion on the website! I hope it happens – I’ll be able to say “I know who…”.

Strangely enough, given the amount of food TV I watch, I rarely cook the recipes from it. Sometimes I think something looks good and I do my own version of it, which is easy enough with pastas and braises etc, but I hardly ever go to the site for the recipe and follow it. Most recently, I did the Dak Bangalow chicken from Coconut Coast – which was lovely – but as much as the layer cake looked great, it also looked complicated, particularly for my dodgy oven.

By: Fides

Fides — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:07:19 +0000

Oh I’d love Adam to appear anywhere cooking a three course anything… I’ve become strangely infatuated…

Didn’t see Andre but that would have been a fun episode – I’ll have to go to the website or wherever to see old episodes, and I’ll leave a message on her messageboard with the Alvin idea.

Have you made any of her recipes? I loved the idea of the five spice Indonesian layer cake, but the 15 egg yolks required for it made my arteries harden just at the thought.

By: Injera

Injera — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:23:30 +0000

Fides, I also struggled with the ponytail episodes, but couldn’t really put my finger on why. Will check them out in repeats at some stage to look out for the unnecessary physical contact.

Love the idea of the Alvin and Poh show! Adam could come in as a guest for some of the yumyucks (three course pizza, anyone?). From what Aaron’s been cooking lately, he wouldn’t make it on the basis of missing the yum element.

There was an episode with Andre from last year’s MC – did you happen to catch that one? The banter between the two was very easy and natural and big-sister-annoying-little-brother-y.

By: Fides

Fides — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:16:34 +0000

Great review Injera! Totally agree the concept of Poh being the food geek amateur is what makes it so appealing. Must say though that the eps with Neil Perry put me off – does she always lean over and touch the chefs on the arms, shoulders, back around 7-8 times per episode or is that reserved for Neil?

I’d also like to see the Alvin and Poh show. Alvin absolutely loves Poh (apart from naming plants in her honour, she is his favourite chef and inspiration for going on the show) and I think those two on a show together would be a very cheery half hour. They could set each other mystery boxes and just cook outrageous yumyucks.

By: Injera

Injera — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:49:06 +0000

Malaysia is a bit different. Whilst guidebooks tend to advise tourists cover up a bit, it’s not mandatory and Chinese Malaysians are a lot more relaxed about what they wear, so Poh wouldn’t have stood out at all. And, to be honest, a lot of tourists take their cues from that, it’s just that I was teaching and picked up the habit (no pun intended) from that.

By: seepi

seepi — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:22:09 +0000

Oh – I wondered about that. In Thailand the locals don’t like strappy singlets. surely Poh would know these things from her rellies? I thought perhaps it was ok in Malaysia.

By: Injera

Injera — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:21:12 +0000

Seepi, I was rather envious of Poh being able to wear strappy tops and short shorts in Malaysia. The weather really demands that kind of clothing, but I’ve always followed the advice of guidebooks and covered myself modestly (not that short shorts are my thing, but I would love to wear a tank top!).

How good did the enormous vat of rendang look?

By: Injera

Injera — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:17:22 +0000

You’re right, Jo! The eps with the Ponytail were a bit too much. I really like the French chef she has on (name escapes me) and the David Thompson episode was good fun.

By: seepi

seepi — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:05:24 +0000

I watched that ep of Poh’s show too – it was a good one – that chef at the end was very chatty and smiley.

But honestly – does Poh own anything that isn’t a strappy singlet top?